Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Punishment Poems

He desires her but she doesn't.
He shows her love but she has no love.
He harasses her with love that she repels.
Rage, despair or sadness in him may rule.
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Crime and punishment do not match-
Punished more or punished less;
Innocents caught; criminals freed;
Error of judgment commits a crime.
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Punishment is a kind of revenge,
Executed by a third person
And not by the victim so that
Further revenge is not perpetuated.
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Deterrent and reformative
Mechanism must operate
In delivering punishment,
Extenuating and mitigating
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I shall pardon him if he asks for it.
It means I want his humiliation
As an exchange to the pardon proposed.
Such pardon is as good as punishment.
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A jealous Othello, an innocent Desdemona,
And a villain Iago, all played their parts
As per the scripts and directions, on the stage.
No one was hailed; No one was jailed.
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A butcher cuts goats; a hunter hunts hares.
Some plunder honey; some net fish.
They do not expect punishment of God.
When you’re robbed, will He punish him?
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Punishment is employed
More to vent one's anger
Than to correct the wrong.
In disciplinary acts.
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A toffee was given after each caning.
Some pupils took toffee as reward.
Some pupils took caning as punishment.
They grew up to be busy or lazy.
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At my sixty I loathe washing.
How did my parents manage?
I regret that I abandoned them.
I have no regret when I’m like that.
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I help one, who will help me.
I pity one, who will pity me.
I forget it when I hurt one.
I forgot it when I punish one.
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